Application window has been extended and expected to close on October 22, 2024.
The Cisco Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime.
Cisco Security is passionate about the interconnected SASE world. Our product portfolio includes solutions that span SD-WAN firewalls, Web-based proxies, Zero Trust proxies, and inspection and encryption services at a variety of network intersections. We are now engineering a highly available distributed security fabric that brings it all together.
What You Will Do
You will work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry on building out Cisco's Hypershield solution. You will identify areas that need testing, develop methodologies to execute them. You will pave the path for automation engineers to ensure repeatability. You will collaborate closely with Developers, Project Managers and Program managers, to track and build transparency into our quality and define a DevTest strategy for the team. We work in an agile, "startup-style" environment with minimal bureaucracy. You will be part of a small team driving the next evolution of security at Cisco, working with minimal direction.
Who You Are
You are an innovative Senior QA Engineer with experience in managing quality for large-scale projects and interested in making an impact in the field of network security. You are comfortable in design discussions alongside other architects and engineers. You can present designs and solutions to multiple teams across organizations, capturing feedback that will help us drive consensus and gain alignment. You are not afraid to seize ownership of the quality of our products, innovate processes and methodologies to test and optimize for coverage of quality for our groundbreaking, new products.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience
- 3+ years in a QA role with cloud computing or network security products
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior Senior QA role, with experience taking full ownership of quality for a product.
- Prior experience in testing SaaS applications end to end.
- Prior experience and ability to use AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, spinup, install, configure, etc. as needed, independently.
- Prior experience testing products in Linux based environments.
- Knowledge of networking basics and firewall policies
- Ability to read programming code.
- Ability to define and execute manual tests, while paving the way for automation
- Strong communication, particularly the ability to provide clarifications on software behavior.
- Ability to identify bugs and negative patterns/trends.
- Ability to optimize testing with carefully crafted passes.
- Painstaking attention to detail, documentation and process
- Working as a member of a remote or distributed team
- Proficiency in working with Linux command line.
Why Cisco Secure
We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.
Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.
We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!
There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!
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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
What We Do
Duo Security, now part of Cisco, is the leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and secure access provider.
Duo is built on the promise of doing the right thing for our customers and each other. This promise is as central to our business as the product itself. Our four guiding principles are the heart of this sensibility: Easy, Effective, Trustworthy, Enduring
We’re transforming security from the ground up by solving the world’s most pressing geopolitical challenge — safe, secure information access. We engineer our business to enable our customers to easily address their ever-evolving security challenges.
We believe that impactful work is rewarding work and that our team is at its best when everyone feels empowered to bring their whole self to work. We learn together by hiring for cultural contribution, not cultural fit, and recognize that diversity in background and thought are essential to building high-impact teams.
We invest in growth and learning opportunities and encourage our people to never stop learning. We foster collaboration and believe in being recognized (and rewarded!) for hard work. We champion a healthy work-life balance. We’re kinder than necessary.
Together we build for the future by designing simple solutions for complex problems. And that’s why we’re the most loved and trusted name in security.
Why Work With Us
With the Most Loved Company in Security and the global leader in network technology joining forces, there are more exciting opportunities than ever to be at the forefront of securing the cloud.
Our culture is built on collaboration and the belief of enabling and empowering you to follow your passions inside and outside of the office.
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